***Please note: Now that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey extended edition has been released worldwide, spoiler tags for news relating solely to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will no longer be used (they will all be marked with "NS"). Spoiler tags will now only be used for stories relating to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, and their subsequent extended editions. This includes any DVD news, behind the scene footage, commentaries, DVD/radio/TV/magazine interviews, screen-captures, promotional pictures and posters, any "making of" documentaries and videos, featurettes, merchandise, trailers, clips, tie-in material (books etc.), and so on.***

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Box Office update thread - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug surpasses The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers at the Box Office. NS [Thread]

12-MAR-2014

New VFX video of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug showcasing special effects Weta Digital used in making The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. S! [Thread] [Source]

13-MAR-2014

Pre-order Weta Workshop's "The Front Gate of Erebor Environment" as seen in The Hobbit trilogy. NS [Thread] [Source]

Warner Bros. Youtube channel posts a number of blu-ray clips from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug movie (see thread for links). S! [Thread]

16-MAR-2014

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Box Office update thread - currently at $940 million worldwide. NS [Thread] [Source]

17-MAR-2014

Philippa Boyens talks The Hobbit: There and Back Again with Empire Online - including Thorinís story arc and Bofurís importance in the last film. LS [Thread] [Source] [Thread 2]

18-MAR-2014

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug digital release scheduled for 25th March 2014. NS [Thread] [Source]

19-MAR-2014

United Cutlery's "Fighting Knives of Tauriel" now available for pre-order. NS [Thread] [Source]

Behind the scenes video of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug featuring Thranduil and Legolas. Also includes new behind the scenes image of Lee Pace as Thranduil. S! [Thread] [Source - Video] [Thread 2] [Thranduil image]